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Spanning everything from the mysterious status of Georges St-Pierre, to the ongoing Sonnen/Silva beef and even CM Punk in the UFC. Dana White updates FOX Sports Live on the latest story lines in his sport.

Recently, UFC Welterweight Matt Brown has been under some scrutiny after a few comments he made on his podcast regarding the fairer gender’s involvement in the sport of MMA. Basically, they don’t belong, and unless they’re fighting topless, Brown isn’t interested. Not surprisingly, this hasn’t set well with many of the women involved in the...

The UFC Middleweight Champion, Chris Weidman, has opened as a 2-1 favorite over his next opponent, Vitor Belfort. Here are the current odds according to BestFightOdds.com: Weidman- -225 Belfort- +175 Weidman has not been the favorite since before he fought anyone named Anderson Silva. In their first fight back in July 2013 at UFC 162,...

With Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson able to defend his belt yet again, the UFC’s flyweight division is in search for another contender to go after the title. Next in line seems to be the victor of the upcoming flyweight bout at February’s UFC 169 between Ali Bagautinov (12-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) and John Lineker (23-6...

Heavy handed Brazilian Thiago Silva (16-3 MMA, 6-3 UFC) is set to face off against UFC new comer Ovince St. Preux (14-5 MMA, 2-0 UFC) in January at UFC Fight Night 35 being held just outside of Atlanta, GA. Silva has had a tough few years with a pair of losses and no contests hanging...

Gabriel Gonzaga (16-7 MMA, 11-6 UFC) vs Stipe Miocic (10-1 MMA, 4-1 UFC) has been added to the card for UFC on FOX 10 being held on January 25 at United Center in Chicago. The Heavyweight bout is the most recent addition to the card headlining former UFC Lightweight Champion Benson “Smooth” Henderson vs the very talented...

With lightweight champion Anthony Pettis out due to an injury, the man he was set to face off against will now fight the former champion. Josh Thomson will fight Benson Henderson in the headlining fight of UFC on Fox 10. Henderson is coming off of his lost to Pettis back in August, where he was...

UFC Fight Night 30, featuring Mark Munoz and Lyoto Machida as the main event, took place October 26 in Manchester, England. It appears that all 24 fighters on the card have received at least a seven-day suspension. 12 fighters received 30 day suspensions with 21 days no contact. There are three fighters who received longer...

This past weekend it is well-known that Uriah Hall had an altercation with former UFC fighter, Jason “Mayhem” Miller outside of BAMMA USA: Bad Beat. They were recorded to be in a scuffle outside of the Commerce Casino in Commerce, Calif. The incident seemed to fall from the headlines after a few days, but has...

UFC welterweight staple Gunnar Nelson found himself in the midst of a harrowing occurrence this past weekend, as he (riding shotgun) and three other individuals had gone off the road in a pickup truck. That wasn’t even the tip of the iceberg, no pun intended, for the group then found themselves rolling approximately 3 to 4 times before coming to a halt with their...

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has always supported the troops throughout the years and now they are holding an online auction and the proceeds will go to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Funds and The National Intrepid Center of Excellence. The auction is live right now. The items that are up for auction can be found at:...

UFC veteran Diego Sanchez just fought in arguably one of the best fights, in the very least, of the year, in his unanimous decision loss to Gilbert Melendez. Sanchez is known for his relentless fighting style and when speaking with MMA Hour, he used the same approach when commenting on Irish featherweight Conor McGregor. McGregor,...

This past weekend at UFC on FOX 7 in San Jose, CA, Benson “Smooth” Henderson edged out a close split decision victory to retain his UFC Lightweight Championship against Gilbert “El Nino” Melendez, the last fighter to hold the Strikeforce Lightweight Championship before the company was bought out by Zuffa. Despite Henderson’s victory, many observes...

An injury almost cancelled the main event of the UFC on Fuel TV 9 card this past Saturday. Only, it wasn’t the injury that we all read about in the cut over Alexander Gustafsson’s eye. Instead, the injury was that of Gegard Mousasi, who despite his opponent pulling out of the fight a mere...

Canada will have its first Ultimate Fighting Champion’s women’s bout this June. Alexis Davis (13-5) will meet Rosi Sexton (13-2) in a women’s bantamweight bout at UFC 161: Barao vs. Wineland. UFC officials announced the pairing yesterday. UFC 161 will be held on June 15, 2013 at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. This...

Ross Pearson offered up the inside scoop on the off-camera fight between George Sotiropoulos and “Real Deal’s” assistant boxing coach, Erin Beach, which took place during the filming of The Ultimate Fighter: ‘Smashes.’ It was a fight that started when George supposedly took a “cheap shot” at Erin, which ultimately ended up bad for the...

Alexander Gustafsson (15-1 MMA, 7-1 UFC) was scheduled to face Gegard Mousasi (33-3-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) in the main event of UFC on FUEL TV 9, which takes place in Gustafsson’s home nation of Sweden this Saturday. However, in one of his final practices, a freak accident caused a cut over his left eye. Gustafsson...

With Alexander Gustafsson suffering a cut above his eye while training just days before his UFC on Fuel TV 9 fight slated against Gegard Mousasi, Wanderlei Silva tweeted yesterday that the UFC had approached him about filling in for the fight. Today, he revealed that, while he will not be fighting this Saturday, he...

Following a tense week of injury news for UFC on FUEL TV 9 headliner, Alexander ‘The Mauler’ Gustafsson, the Swedish MMA Federation has officially barred him from competing, following a bad cut sustained in training. (via MMAFighting.com) The Swede was seeking his second UFC fight in his home country of Sweden against Gegard Mousasi,...

After sustaining a cut above his eye while training, Alexander Gustafsson’s status for his upcoming fight against Gegard Mousasi this Saturday has been a big question mark. It appears the suspense surrounding the situation can now be put to rest, at least for the time being. MMAFighting’s Ariel Helwani recently posted on Twitter that UFC...

The Diaz camp has provided more information in regards to their claims on what is now being called, “Decimal-gate.” It all started when a video clip surfaced after UFC 158 of UFC Senior VP of Business and Legal Affairs and Assistant General Counsel Michael Mersch disclosing to the Nick Diaz camp that for his...

UFC President Dana White tweeted today announcing that the UFC is headed back to Boston on August 17th to help launch the new FOX SPORTS 1 channel. The show will be the first major live event on the debut week of FOX’s new all-sports channel. “We are FINALLY going back to Boston at the TD...

In an anticipated move, the UFC has signed Chinese phenom Jumabieke Tuerxun. The bantamweight known as “The Wild Wolf” is the UFC’s second Chinese fighter. Tuerxun (14-0) is one of China’s top MMA athletes, formerly holding the Legend FC belt and most recently competing in RUFF. He turned down a chance to fight...

Two UFC featherweight stand outs will come together, in what should make an exciting stand up battle, when Cub Swanson and Dennis Siver meet at UFC 162. Swanson, on a four fight win streak, and most recently coming off a very impressive victory over Dustin ‘The Diamond’ Poirier, is on the hunt for UFC gold...

Firas Zahabi, head trainer at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Quebec Canada, recently responded to accusations made against Georges St Pierre from the Diaz camp. It seems as though just prior to weigh-ins, the Quebec Athletic Commission notified the two camps that their fighters were allowed to weigh in over the 170 pound limit, as long...

A new featherweight bout has been added to the June 8 Fuel TV card likely to take place in Brazil. Rodrigo Damm (10-6, 1-1 UFC) faces Mizuto Hirota (14-6-1, 0-1 UFC). The fight has not yet been made official by the UFC, but was first reported by Tatame.com. Damm could very well be fighting for...

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